Mary Molly Gregory

Mary "Molly" Gregory (1914–2006) was an American furniture maker and teacher. She is known for teaching at Black Mountain College and for the furniture she created.

Biography

Gregory was born in 1914 in Framingham, Massachusetts, where she grew up. She studied at Bennington College, graduating in 1936. She then taught at The Cambridge School of Weston for several years.

In 1941, Gregory relocated to North Carolina where she studied and taught at Black Mountain College (BMC) until 1947. While at BMC Gregory briefly ran the woodshop during World War II, when many men of teaching age were serving in the military. Gregory also participated in the construction of the Studies Building and supervised the construction of furniture throughout the BMC campus.

Gregory left BMC to pursue her career as a furniture maker, returning to New England to create commissioned furniture in Vermont and Massachusetts.

Her work is included in the collections of the Asheville Art Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art